U.S. Forces conducted strikes on two Houthi anti-ship missiles that were being prepared to launch, two U.S. defense officials confirmed to Fox News.
This is the fifth round of strikes against the Houthis since the U.S. and U.K.-led coalition strikes last Thursday.
“As part of ongoing multi-national efforts to protect freedom of navigation and prevent attacks on maritime vessels in the Red Sea, on Jan. 18 U.S. Central Command Forces conducted strikes on two Houthi anti-ship missiles that were aimed into the Southern Red Sea and were prepared to launch,” US Central Command said in a statement.
“US Forces identified the missiles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen at approximately 3.40 p.m. (Sanaa time) and determined they were an imminent threat to merchant vessels and US Navy ships in the region. US Forces subsequently struck and destroyed the missiles in self-defence,” the military said.
President Biden said on Thursday that US military strikes against the Iran-backed Yemeni group will continue as long it continues to attack ships in the Red Sea.
“When you say working, are they stopping the Houthis, no. Are they going to continue, yes,” Biden told reporters before departing from the White House for a domestic policy speech in North Carolina.
The US military fired another wave of ship- and submarine-launch missile strikes against Houthi-controlled sites on Wednesday, marking the fourth time in days it has directly targeted the group in Yemen as violence that ignited in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war continues to spill over in the Middle East.
The strikes were launched from the Red Sea and hit 14 missiles that the command deemed an “imminent threat.”
(Fox News)
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